Apparatus for irrigating land



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E. BRIGGS.

APPARATUS FOR IRRIGATING LAND. No. 330,556. I Patented Nov. 17

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ELIAS BRIGGS, OF COLEMAN, TEXAS.

APPARATUS FOR IRRIGATING LAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,556, dated November17, 1885.

Application filed March 28, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS BRIGGS, of Coleman, Coleman county, Texas,have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Irrigating Land, of whichthe following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved apparatusfor irrigating land in the most beneficial manner, which apparatus issimple in construction, cheap, and not apt to get out of order.

The invention consists in an irrigating'pipe having lapped side jointsand notches in the inner edges of the lapped joints.

7 *The invention also consists in the combination, with a tank, of atrough below it, tubes projecting from the trough, and irrigatingpipesconnected with the said tubes.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved apparatusfor irrigating land. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is anenlarged cross-sectional elevation of one of the water-conducting pipes.

The tank A, for receiving the water, liquid manure, &c., is placed upona suitable base, B, and isprovided at its bottom with a spout oroutlet-pipe, 0, having a valve, D. A screen or strainer, E, is providedat the inner end of the nozzle, to prevent sediment, solid matter, &c.,from passing out of thetank A and into the irrigating-pipes. A pipe, F,conducts the water into the tank A from a lake, spring, pump, 85c. Belowthe spout or outlet pipe 0 a trough, G, is arranged, from which a seriesof tubes, H, extend downward, and are connected by elbows J with theirrigating-pipes K, running underground in different directions. Thepipes are lapped at the sides to form slots L, in which notches M SerialNo. 160,447. (No model.) 7

are formed, through which theliquid can pass out of the pipes. Theoverlapping parts of the pipes prevent the earth from closing theaperture or slot. through which the water passes. These openings mustalways be at the side, and never at the top or bottom. The pipes K mustbe arranged such a distance underground that they cannot be injured byplows, spades, 8m. Incase it is desired not to conduct water throughcertain pipes K, the upper ends of the tubes H, leading to the saidpipes K, are closed by plugs N. As the tank A and trough G are somedistance above the surface, the water has sufficient fall and pressureto keep the openings in the pipesKclean, and to pass into the ground.

By the above-described apparatus the land isirrigated in the mostadvantageous manner and at a comparatively small cost.

The above-described apparatus is shown as constructed forsub-irrigation, but it may be used as a well for surface irrigation.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim. as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The irrigating-pipe K, formed with a lapped jointalong its side to form a slot, L, substantially as set-forth.

2. The irrigating-pipes .K, having lapped joints at the sides andnotches in the inner edge of the lapped joint, substantially as hereinshown and described.

3. The combination, with the deliverytrough G, tubes H, extendingdownward from the bottom thereof, and means for closing said tubes, ofthe irrigating-pipes K, provided with a lapjoint at one side, andconnected with the tubes H below the bottom of the trough, substantiallyas set forth.

ELIAS BRIGGS.

